Liberia president tours hospitals, hails China Ebola aid

Evelyn T. Kpadeh Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Liberia alone has reported 294 suspected and confirmed fatalities from Ebola as of August 8

MONROVIA – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has toured major hospitals across the capital Monrovia to ascertain they have reopened their doors to the public and check the distribution of Chinese-donated medical supplies and protective equipment to help fight the Ebola.

"As you can see, I have with me Chinese ambassador [Zhou Yuxiao] whose government has contributed huge consignment of protective equipment for you to resume work," Sirleaf told Dr. Wvannie Mae Scott McDonald, the head of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital.

She assured hospitals of adequate distribution of protective supplies to enable them to effectively re-open to serve the public.

The tour came one day following the arrival of a huge consignment of protective and medical supplies from China to help combat the deadly Ebola virus.

The consignment, which is valued at over $5 million, has been earmarked for the three worst-hit countries – Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia – with the latter receiving $ 1.7 million worth of medical supplies.